Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...convinced that Mariner's sawed-off stern would produce less water resistance along the boat's hull and increase her speed. The results, of course, could not have been worse. Mariner lost her first two meetings with Courageous by four and eight minutes at a regatta on Long Island Sound in June...
Harvard's Porcellian Club provided the only bright spot for Crimson crew fans at the Henley Regatta finals Sunday, sweeping past England's Nottingham Rowing Club by a two-and-one-quarter-length margin to capture the Wyfold Cup for fours without cox. Porcellian's time was 7:27 for the 2000-meter course...
...Peter Huntsman, five Mac Heller, six Leif Soderberg, seven Tom Hackert, stroke Ned Reynolds and cox Chris Ross--the loss in the Henley finale marked a frustrating conclusion to a long, successful season. The lights got to the finals with considerable ease in their first four races of the Regatta, but the Antwerp team proved too much for the Crimson to handle, winning by about two and one-half seconds
Sure, there was the IRA regatta in Syracuse, which called itself a national championship. But many of the heavier heavies--Harvard included--were consistent no-shows, suffering under the burden of final exams and leaving the laurels to such lesser powers as Wisconsin, who took the crown this spring...
...Washington coach Dick Erickson had an idea--a real national contest, the "Intercollegiate Championship Regatta," with both the Eastern and Western champions represented...